The EVN/JIVE Newsletter #63 is published

Published on 2 September 2022
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The September 2022 issue of the EVN/JIVE Newsletter is now available and includes relevant updates of the European VLBI Network. The Newsletter can be accessed here.

Highlights of the September 2022 issue include:

  • Announcement for the new call for proposals to use the European VLBI Network (EVN);
  • Information about contribution of the EVN and JIVE to the global effort to study AGNs, quasars, megamaser galaxies and Gamma Ray Bursts and supermassive black holes;
  • News from the EVN Network Members and collaborators including report from the 15th European VLBI Network Symposium organised in July in Cork (Ireland), the first EVN Online training event and the inclusion of the EVN as part of the Virtual Observatory;
  • Updates regarding the Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies (CRAF) and the OPTICON-RadioNet Pilot (ORP) project;
  • A report from the Global VLBI Alliance (GVA) session at the IAU GA 2022 and a call to join the Science Forum of the Global VLBI Alliance (GVAS);
  • An article showcasing the experience of a summer student in Dwingeloo.

The EVN/JIVE Newsletter is published quarterly and previous issues could be found at the EVN website. Next newsletter issue will be published in January 2023. Ideas for contributions can be submitted until 1 November 2022 by contacting the JIVE communications officer at rivero@jive.eu / communications@jive.eu.

Additional information

The European VLBI Network (EVN) is an interferometric array of radio telescopes spread throughout Europe, Asia, South Africa and the Americas that conducts unique, high-resolution, radio astronomical observations of cosmic radio sources. Established in 1980, the EVN has grown into the most sensitive VLBI array in the world, including over 20 individual telescopes, among them some of the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescopes. The EVN is composed of 13 Full Member Institutes and 5 Associated Member Institutes.

The Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) has as its primary mission to operate and develop the EVN data processor, a powerful supercomputer that combines the signals from radio telescopes located across the planet. Founded in 1993, JIVE is since 2015 a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) with seven member countries: France, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain and Sweden; additional support is received from partner institutes in China, Germany and South Africa. JIVE is hosted at the offices of the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) in the Netherlands.

Contact

Jorge Rivero González
JIVE Science Communications Officer
rivero@jive.eu